The Minnesota Twins set an MLB record in their clash with the Texas Rangers while two teams played through an earthquake last night.

Defending World Series champions the Boston Red Sox slumped to their third loss in a row as the New York Yankees claimed a 4-1 home win.

James Paxton struck out 12 as the New York Yankees thrashed bitter rivals the Boston Red Sox 8-0.

For 23 years the name Crusaders was a source of nothing but pride in Christchurch, the uncontroversial identity of a franchise that claims, with some justification, to be the most successful non-national professional rugby team in the world.

The Los Angeles Dodgers set a record for home runs on the opening day of a Major League Baseball season with eight in the 12-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Kansas City Royals backed the superb two-hit pitching of Johnny Cueto with a relentless attack to rout the New York Mets 7-1 and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series into tonight’s crucial Game Three (12.05am, live on BT Sport1).

A fan died after falling from the upper deck into the lower-level stands at Turner Field on Saturday night during a game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees.

Actually, it's closer to €11.90 for Roger McDowell for every 'second spitter' cameo.

There will come a point where we no longer feel like being deferential to the ostentatious voices of sport. That’s probably a good thing, on balance.

All across the vast and colourful spectrum of American sporting life, there are thought to be around 900 team nicknames which offer varying degrees of offence to certain sections of the population.

Rise of the Guardians *****

Like a fine wine, Clint Eastwood gets better with age.

Olympic cities are often left with debt and idle grounds. London hopes for better, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Baseball has always attracted more than its fair share of eccentrics but it takes a special sort of crazy to be a pitcher.

Pete Flynn is firmly ensconced in retirement now so I decided to reconnect with him on Monday.

THERE’S a lot to dislike about the state of Texas but its baseball teams are hard to hate.

IT’S the top of the 10th inning in Houston and the St Louis Cardinals are battling for the right to keep playing in October, baseball’s favourite month.

ATHLETICS Ireland chiefs confirmed yesterday that the Chair of High Performance, Patsy McGonagle is under investigation — as revealed in yesterday’s Irish Examiner.

A satirical US TV show has provided conclusive proof that a Los Angeles man did not kill a 16-year-old girl who had testified against his brother in a court case.

Lugging their bags behind them, tearful residents of eight newly reopened buildings in lower Manhattan made their way home yesterday, as streets away firefighters continued picking through the debris of the World Trade Center.